Description

James Hill, 1788-94. 3-storey and attic, 3-bay classical former house on ground falling to N (front). Droved cream ashlar sandstone (black paint partially removed) with polished dressings. Smaller windows with cill course at ground; eaves course. Broad tripartite architraved doorpiece with fluted frieze and mutuled cornice to right bay; flush-panelled door. Piend-roofed tripartite dormer.

Irregular rubble 2-storey and attic 2-bay rear elevation with later projecting bay to right and tripartite window at ground to left.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows (plate glass at ground; secondary external glazing at 1st floor). Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks, rebuilt to E; grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

James Hill was a mason who built the street with finance from Robert Belshes of Greenyeards. A match for, and the same build as, Nos 14-18. Listed at Category A, despite the regrettable painting, as a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17569683

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)